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Harriet Ward Hall
Other Name:
Harriet Maria Ward
Gender:
Female
Born:
February 2, 1815
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Hartford, CT
Later Residences:
Grand Rapids, MI
Marriage(s):
Henry Hall (June 2, 1834)
Biographical Notes:
Harriet Ward Hall, daughter of James and Ruth Butler Ward of Hartford, Connecticut, was born February 2, 1815. From 1829-1831 Harriet studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Three years after completing her education she married Henry Hall of Chatham, Connecitcut on June 2, 1834.
Education
Years at LFA:
1829-1831
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Frances Ward Smyth
Sister
LFA (1824-1825) - Henry Hall
Husband - Ruth Butler Ward
Mother - James Ward
Father
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1829 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1829 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy ... 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1829 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy ... 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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